November 4, 191t) 



H R T I C U L T U H i: 



605 



FORCING RHODODENDRONS 



Daty Paid delivered F. 0. B. New York, $40 per case containing SEVENTY well-budded plants 18-22 inches 



TEN PLANTS each of the following SEVEN FINE varieties: Fastuosum Fl. PI. Pelopidas, 



Kate Waterer, Strategist, John Walter, Mad. Felix and PINK PEARL to arrive late in November. 



BOOK YOUR ORDERS IMMEDIATELY-TERMS C. O. D. 



FELIX & DYKHUIS i ^ _ c» i d . . „. 



Boskoop, Holland I Nursery Stock. Boxes, Laurels. Rhods, Roses, Etc. 



DRACAENA CANES in leading Commercial varieties. Domestic Mammoth Sunflower Seeds, Perennial and 

 Italina RYE GRASSES, English Vegetable, Farm and Flower Seeds. 



COLIN CAMPBELL, Importer, 



90 Nassau Street, 

 NEW YORK CITY 



NO EMBARGO ON BELGIAN 

 PRODUCTS 



\Vm. F. Gude, Washington repre- 

 sentative of the S. A. F. received on 

 Monday, Oct. 30, from the State De- 

 partment the letter of which the fol- 

 lowing is a copy. This letter, it will 

 be noted, is in reply to Mr. Gude's 

 communication to the Honorable Sec- 

 retary of State under date of Sept. 

 ISth last, since which time he has not 

 heard a word. Anyhow the azaleas 

 are coming and Mr. Gude's efforts 

 seem to have been fruitful. 



Department of State 

 Washington 



Oct. 27th, 1916 

 Mr. William F. Gude, 



Sir: — Referring to your personally 

 expressed desire for information rela- 

 tive to the importation of Azaleas and 

 similar goods of Belgian origin, you 

 are informed that the Department has 

 received a report by cablegram dated 

 October 2.5th, 1916. from the American 

 Embassy at Berlin stating, in sub- 

 stance, that the German foreign office 

 has received a statement from the 

 Governor General in Belgium that no 

 objection exists to the exportation to 

 the United States of horticultural 

 products. Only a small quantity re- 

 mains for shipment this year as, ac- 

 cording to a report from economic 

 committee at Ghent, several hundred 

 thousand francs' worth of flowers were 

 shipped to this country some six 

 weeks ago. 



The statement that this year's ex- 

 portation was not allowed by German 

 authorities is reported to be due to a 

 misunderstanding. This year's expor- 

 tation was effected through individual 

 applicants and not through the inter- 

 vention of the Syndicate des Horticul- 

 ture Beiges. 



■Very truly yours, 



M.\nioN Letchek. 

 Acting Foreign Trade Advisor. 



NEW FORESTRY OFFICE. 



Practical forestry management has 

 developed to such proportions in Mass- 

 chusetts, under the administration of 

 State Forester Rane. that it has l)een 

 decided to establish a state forestry 

 office in the western part of the state 

 for the convenience of land owners in 

 that section. C. R. Atwood, who is a 

 graduate of the University of Muine, 

 and for some time has been an assist- 

 ant to Paul D. Kneeland in the Boston 

 office of the state forestry, has been 

 selected for the position. He will have 



headquarters in Springfield, in the 

 office of the Hampden County Improve- 

 ment League, free of rental, and will 

 be at the service of the entire western 

 part of the state for the improvement 

 of the forests. His worlc will come 

 binder the general direction of Assist- 

 ant State Forester Cook in the Boston 

 office. 



It is believed that through this new 

 office prospective thinnings and scien- 

 tific lumbering jobs, which are under- 

 taken in part for the immediate utili- 

 zation of the matured or undesirable 

 trees, and in part for the improvement 

 of the forest stands, may be supervised 

 more economically than through the 

 Boston office. 



and cactus l)lood with a strong .laure/. 

 character. The stem is very short- 

 jointed, the flower facing upright and 

 nestling in a mass of strong foliage 

 somewhat after the fashion of a Mrs. 

 .lerome Jones chrysanthemum. Vis- 

 itors at South Orange are r.HKli m;- 

 pressed with the possibilities of this 

 new dahlia. Mr. Manda is also vork 

 ing up a new breed of dwarf hardy 

 chrysanthemums, with Gar/.a as a 

 seed parent and already has a good 

 collection with the desired habit and 

 very interesting. 



OCTOBER SONG. 



NEW DAHLIA AND CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUM TYPES. 

 During the dahlia season just closed 

 among the really good breaks from 

 the established forms is a ruby 

 red seedling raised by W. A. '\:anaa, 

 which he regards with sufficient I'avor 

 to name for himself. It is app.i.rontly 

 the forerunner of a new class of 

 dwarf bedders which, as soon as 

 Mr. Manda's ambition to develop 

 white, yellow and scarlet varieties 

 of the type has been attained, 

 should fill a very useful place in gar- 

 den work. Plants from cuttings made 

 in August were at the time frost 

 struck them, in middle October, two 

 fro high and two to three <<[ 

 through, each bearing a number of 

 enormous blooms about 9 inches 

 across. The flowers show decorative 



.Acro.Hs tUe heaveu wljito clouds art' Siilliug. 



And winds arc wailing anions tho trcos ; 

 .\11 soutliward (lyinjr. tlio liird« an- calling. 



.ind leaves arc falling with every breeze. 

 Tile dry reeds rattle, the dead leaf quivers. 



The hoar frost shivers across the lawn: 

 The thrush and cathlnl that erst made riot 



\o\v sadly quiet await the dawn! 

 IH'ei) in the woodlands In noisy caucus. 



With voices raucous convene the crows; 

 .Across the meadows, like parting lovers. 



The killdeer plovers wail out their woes. 

 Here where the flicker, of home enamored. 



All sniiiiner hammered, at last intrmles 

 The graceless sparrow, who lights and 

 chatters 



i)f riliaid matters, and useless lirooils! 

 .\nd ,vet my outlook is not uncheerful. 



Nor wholly tearful are autumn days: 

 Tliough tlowers are faded and birds arc 

 going. 



My gliid heart glowing can sing their 

 praise ; 

 Willie in my heart, dear, your voice is 

 ringing, 



ilie liirds are singing all winter through 

 .\rMl in your face, love, earth's loveliest 

 flower. 



Through each dull hour is mine to view. 



— Ted h'ohinson. Clrvcland Plaiti 

 Dealer. 



BULBS FOR SALE 



100 



Von Sion, Single Nose $1.10 



Golden Spur, Single Nose IJO 



Emperor, Extra large Bulbs t.oO 



Poetiius Ornatus, Single Nose jO 



Poeticus Ornatns. Double Nose -J™ 



Grand Sollel d'Or, Yellow Paper White I;-,' 



rreesia Purity i^ 



Single Late Tulip Gesneriana Luteii , ''9 



Falr.v Queen. Heliotrope color with Yellow **0 



Single Superfine Mixed ,™ 



Splrea Queen Alexandra ■ '' "^ 



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IliR Surplus of J-'S.noO Bulbs CominB. Senil for Our List of F»ll Bulbs nnd 

 .Spring List of l.">0 \nrli'lics of rilHillnliis. 



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MELROSE. MASS. 



American KcpresenlHtlvc for C. KEIR & SONS. IIII.I.KOOM, HOM.ANP. 



